JUNE, 1906.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 183 
season. Among those specially noticed was a fine Lelio-cattleya x 
Baroness Schroder (C. Trianze xX L. Jongheana), rich purple with an orange 
throat to the lip, Odontoglossum crispum giganteum, O. Uroskinneri, Den- 
drobiums thyrsiflorum, atroviolaceum and nobile, Thunia Bensone, 
Oncidium concolor, Masdevallia Veitchiana, M. macrura, a few good 
Epidendrums, Cypripedium X Lawregower, C. X Charlesianum Cypher’s 
var., approaching the insigne type, &c. In front of the group were a few 
dwarf things bedded out in moss, including a good clump of Leptotes 
bicolor, the pretty Miltonia Phalaenopsis, a lot of Cypripedium niveum, 
Masdevallia Schroederiana, a well-flowered M. X Hincksiana, and others. 
Messrs. William Bull and Sons, Chelsea, staged a good group of showy 
Orchids one bay in extent, including numerous Odontoglossums, Cattleyas, 
Lelia purpurata, Cymbidium Lowianum, &c. The most noteworthy plant 
in the group was a good Cymbidium rhodochilum, with several of the 
lower flowers of the spike expanded, and we also noted good examples of 
Odontoglossum X ardentissimum, X Wilckeanum, crispum and Harry- 
anum, Sophronitis grandiflora, Cattleya intermedia alba, Masdevallia 
cucullata, M. Schroederiana, &c. A Silver-gilt Flora Medal was awarded for 
Orchids and Foliage plants. 
Mr. John Robson, Altrincham, staged a bright little group near the 
entrance to the smaller tent, containing good examples of numerous showy 
species of the season, in whicn we noticed a good plant of Oncidium 
sphacelatum, and a very richly-coloured hybrid Cypripede of unrecorded 
parentage. 
M. G. Bronckart, Thurin, Belgium, staged a nice batch of the distinct 
Annamese Cymbidium insigne, Rolfe, a native of Annam, which was 
described about two years ago from dried specimens. See O.R. Xil., p. 230. 
The plants bore an aggregate of about two dozen spikes, the flowers being 
white, prettily spotted with purple on the lip. The plants are not yet 
established, being a long way behind the wild example, but it will 
evidently develop into a fine thing. 
In Messrs. James Veitch & Sons’ group outside we noticed a pan of the 
striking Cypripedium tibeticum, recently introduced by Mr. Wilson, and 
figured in the Botanical Magazine (t. 8070); and numerous other hardy 
Orchids were observed in various groups of herbaceous and alpine plants, 
these including the handsome C. macranthum, Regine, acaule, Calceolus, 
pubescens, morntanum, Orchis foliosa, purpurea, maculata, laxiflora, 
militaris, undulatifolia, papilionacea, italica, O. hircina, O. ustulata, the 
pretty little O. Brancifortii, the rare North American O. spectabilis, Ophrys 
lutea, O. fusca, Aceras anthropophora, Habenaria bifolia, and even a 
solitary example of the Bird’s Nest Orchid, Neottia Nidus-avis, evidently 
a wild example. 
